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23018

ZIP 23018 is Bena, Virginia, in Gloucester County; area code 804; Eastern time.

Type
No street area
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Gloucester
Coordinates
37.2710, -76.4555

The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area of its own. Its point falls inside ZCTA 23072, whose figures describe that area — not this ZIP code.

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Where 23018 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 23018
  • 🔢 Type 23018 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BIOEZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 23,018 = 2 × 17 × 677. Its digits add up to 14, a total 1,416 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101100111101010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 23015 (Beaverdam, VA, 79 mi away) and 23021 (Bohannon, VA, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 23018 becomes 81032, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 70 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (01238, 01832, 02138, 02381, 02813, 02831, …). The farthest-flung twin is 83210 in Aberdeen, ID, 1,948 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 63% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 84%.
  • 🎯1,205 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 23018 and you would come out at 37.27°S, 103.54°E — 790 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 44m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 36m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 23018

ZIPCityDistance
23072 Hayes, VA 1.4 mi
23001 Achilles, VA 2.0 mi
23062 Gloucester Point, VA 2.9 mi
23107 Maryus, VA 3.0 mi
23184 Wicomico, VA 3.3 mi
23692 Yorktown, VA 4.5 mi
23131 Ordinary, VA 4.5 mi
23690 Yorktown, VA 4.9 mi
23696 Seaford, VA 6.0 mi
23609 Newport News, VA 6.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 23018?

23018 is in Bena, Virginia, in Gloucester County, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan area. Its published point location is 37.2710, -76.4555.

What county is 23018 in?

23018 lies in Gloucester County.

What area code is 23018?

Bena uses area code 804, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 23018 in?

23018 uses America/New_York.

What ZIP codes are near 23018?

The closest are 23072 (1.4 mi), 23001 (2 mi), 23062 (2.9 mi), 23107 (3 mi) and 23184 (3.3 mi).

Is 23018 a PO Box ZIP code?

Possibly. The Census map gives this ZIP code no delivery area of its own, which usually means it serves post office boxes, a single organization or a post office rather than streets of homes.

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